[kepler-dev] Tutorials and Demos

Sat Apr 7 06:52:49 PDT 2007

Yes, but I have limited time to learn how to do this -- Glen has experience and
is offering his time, therefore I most definitely vote that we let him do it!
:-)  I may still do some things with Camtasia, but there is no reason it can't
be a joint effort.

Deana

Quoting "Laura L. Downey" <ldowney at lternet.edu>:

> We have Camtasia here at UNM which will make movies in various formats
> so
> Deana will have access to that.  We specifically got it so we could
> make
> CBTs (computer based training), and demos and tutorials.  I think
> Samantha
> did a bit with it but I don't know how much.
> 
>  
> 
> Laura L. Downey
> Senior Usability Engineer
> LTER Network Office
> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
> 1 University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
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> 
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> ldowney at lternet.edu
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> From: kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org
> [mailto:kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Ilkay
> Altintas
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:36 PM
> To: Glen Jarvis
> Cc: kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
> Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] Tutorials and Demos
> 
>  
> 
> Hi Glen,
> 
>  
> 
> These clips are very nice. I'm looking forward to what you will generate
> for
> Kepler.
> 
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> 
> Which Flash tool are you using?
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> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -ilkay
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> 
> On Apr 6, 2007, at 12:14 AM, Glen Jarvis wrote:
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> 
> Deana,
> 
> Here are four small clips from a video that I had done on a 
> 
> project very similar to Kepler. The original format was stored in high
> 
> 
> definition and exported to create a DVD. We also created streaming 
> 
> Quicktime Web videos. I have roughly translated them to Media Player 
> 
> and Flash in case you don't have Media player installed.
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>  
> 
> I've done some background work and found a good Flash editing tool 
> 
> that will let me do the same type of editing I did for these, but in a
> 
> 
> very compact and efficient flash format. The flash file included below
> 
> 
> is rough at best because of the very "bloated" files I used as 
> 
> originals. I can create much more streamlined Flash videos given 
> 
> additional time.
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> 1 of 4: Front Matter:
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> QuickTime: http://glenjarvis.com/FrontMatter.mov (preferred)
> 
> MediaPlayer: http://glenjarvis.com/FrontMatter.wmv
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>  
> 
> This is the basic "front matter" from the video. Quite a bit is 
> 
> lost in the web format including voice quality and the richness of the
> 
> 
> "cube" effects. Obviously a different, but similar approach could be 
> 
> done for Flash.
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> 2 of 4: Genbank Blocks:
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> QuickTime: http://glenjarvis.com/GenbankBlocks.mov (preferred)
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> MediaPlayer: http://glenjarvis.com/GenbankBlocks.wmv
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>  
> 
> This video was a hypothetical software package that would do what 
> 
> Kepler does. Several workflow environments were analyzed in this 
> 
> video, and this analysis is what would happen if Lego Mindstorm(R) 
> 
> programming (for children) could be adapted.
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> 3 of 4: Child's Play
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> QuickTime: http://glenjarvis.com/Childsplay.mov (preferred)
> 
> MediaPlayer: http://glenjarvis.com/Childsplay.wmv
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>  
> 
> The Lego Mindstorm(R) programming that was done was downloaded and 
> 
> run on this robot. And, we see the robot take to his programming and 
> 
> "sting his host." It's a fun clip.
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> 4 of 4: Apple Automator
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> QuickTime: http://www.glenjarvis.com/AppleAutomator.mov (preferred)
> 
> MediaPlayer: http://www.glenjarvis.com/AppleAutomator.wmv
> 
>  
> 
> Apple does interfaces very well. It's a shame that they are often 
> 
> so limited to just the Apple platform. As another "alternative" 
> 
> considered to the workflows we were trying to produce, we considered 
> 
> the Apple platform for a quick fix (until a more advanced platform 
> 
> could be created). This was before we realized that Kepler was out 
> 
> there and is perfect for what we want to do.
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> Bonus: Flash Translation with Quizzes
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> Kepler Flash: http://www.glenjarvis.com/KeplerFlash
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> I spent some time trying to migrate these four videos to Flash. 
> 
> However, it seems that the "migration" idea is flawed. There are huge 
> 
> performance bottlenecks that would not be fixed until the videos were 
> 
> completely "re-storyboarded" from scratch using a Flash tool.
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>  
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> Please forgive this version - it's rough at best. There are now 
> 
> dead links, and other problems (including streaming performance). I am
> 
> 
> sure I could have done a much better job on this - but I want to just 
> 
> demonstrate the idea. With this platform, we can be much more 
> 
> interactive, ask quizzes, have them graded, etc. We could even have 
> 
> photos of examples that would continue when the user clicked on the 
> 
> appropriate button to either run the example, etc. A lot could be done
> 
> 
> with this. Again, I apologize it's this rough. You'll probably have to
> 
> 
> pause the video quite a bit until it loads and then play to continue 
> 
> through the samples.
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>  
> 
> As rough as these examples are, I think you'll agree it's a good 
> 
> springboard of where to go and a bit further than where we are now.
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> Warmest Regards,
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Glen Jarvis
> 
> -- 
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> 913-486-8775
> 
> glen at glenjarvis.com
> 
> http://www.glenjarvis.com
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>  
> 
> "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -M. Gandhi
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> This is great! Yes, we did a little bit with movies, but it was a
> rather
> 
> half-hearted attempt because Kepler was not very far along and we knew
> it
> was
> 
> going to change dramatically. Send me your examples -- I'd be happy to
> work
> 
> with you getting some more of these.
> 
>  
> 
> Not pressing - I'm in a meeting this week and probably won't start
> working
> on
> 
> this until late next week. So perhaps I'll have a set of workflows ready
> to
> 
> send you when you have the time in a few weeks.
> 
>  
> 
> Deana
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